Meetup July 31st, 2017 Understanding the Value and Function of Grip

This meeting will be held at Circuit Studios at 5415 W. 59th Ave. Suite D, Arvada, Colorado 80003
Learn more about Circuit Studios www.circuitstudios.com

Turbocharge your productions with a better understanding of Grip Techniques.

Any production from Hollywood scale to Television, Documentaries and even Corporate work, can benefit from having someone knowledgable with the Art of Grip on the set. Yet Grips and the value they bring is often times over looked by even the most experienced producers. John Murphy and Spencer Blessman will guide us through the seemingly mysterious and often misunderstood art of the grip, leaving us with practical and valuable knowledge we can use on our sets today!

SPENCER T. BLESSMAN – Received his B.F.A. in film and television production from Chapman University in southern California in 1991. Working for FOX Television and HBO Independent while in Los Angeles then returning to Colorado. Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Editor, and a long career in the Grip and Electric arena are on his experience list. Operating as Owner/Producer for Krisp Productions since its inception in 2004 continues today. Jobs reaching from 3D IMAX features to corporate video production and everything in between. From 1995 – 2001 Spencer worked as a Lighting designer for Rock and Roll shows in New York City. During that time he spent two years as an electrician for “As The World Turns”, daytime television drama. Returning home to Colorado, and continuing the pursuit of film and television production now finds him as a partStudios LLC.

JOHN MURPHY – John Murphy received his B.F.A. in Film Production from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1991.

In 1994 he founded GripworksCo LLC, a Denver based Grip & Lighting company. Since then, John has been Gaffer on countless Commercials, Corporate Videos, Music Videos, and Indy Films. In 2006 he began shooting and editing those projects as well. In 2012 John teamed up with longtime collaborator, Spencer Blessman to build Circuit Studios as a space to create content in house as well as being available for the Denver film and video community.